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Will this work?

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I need to get to Leeds tomorrow from London...


June 12th, 2013, 7:51 pm
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samfieldhouse wrote:
Will this work?



I need to get to Leeds tomorrow from London...


probably, if its only a small split you can sew them up with a needle and thread.

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June 12th, 2013, 8:21 pm
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If it does - How do you get back?
My calculations using a 15" diameter wheel and using 63360 inches in a mile and a 200 mile journey - somebody will tell me about 250,000 revolutions :lol:
The only thing to bodge this with is a condom! (Don't try sowing these up!)

As Sean say's if it is a small tear then it might be better to glue, stitch or put a puncture patch on it
I can see the plastic ravelling up and tearing the gaiter further OR it will get warm and fall off

BUT - if you hadn't bodged it and it had split on a 200 mile journey you wouldn't have known until you got there. :)

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June 12th, 2013, 8:23 pm
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Superglue is good.

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June 12th, 2013, 8:29 pm
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Or a bike puncture repair kit fir a small split

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June 12th, 2013, 10:04 pm
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What a stupid question Sam,of course it will work,,,,for a while,,,but who is to say how long that "while" will be is another question :roll:

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Ps you should cut cable ties flat.

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June 12th, 2013, 10:40 pm
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Welcome to my world, :lol: :lol: :lol: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=137&start=250

Yeah it'll work for a while, but will it hold the grease in the joint enough to prevent it getting damaged? It would have been good to pump an extra bit in through the split first.

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Jameswallace wrote:
Ps you should cut cable ties flat.


yeah you mechanical incompitent. AND you should have used a "bag for life" rather than a flimsy Sainsburys. Waitrose ones are slightly superior its what I always use.

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Better than Asda, though.


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